Posted on 11/27/2021 10:40:58 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
Continuing a recent streak, Friday saw the fourth successful orbital launch from China in one week. This time, the Zhongxing-1D (ChinaSat-1D) satellite was inserted into orbit by a Chang Zheng 3B rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
The ChinaSat (Zhongxing) series of satellites, built by the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), fall under the communications category. The ChinaSat-1 series is specifically designed for military communications, with the first of this type launched in 2011.
Two types of military communications satellites are used, with Friday’s launch exhibiting the Feng Huo-2, used for tactical communications providing Chinese forces with secure data and voice transmission via C-band and UHF. The ChinaSat-2 series uses the other military communications type, Shentong, of similar purpose but via Ku-band.
hinaSat-1D, and commonplace with the ChinaSat series in general, uses the DFH-4 satellite bus providing onboard power and propulsion systems amounting to a 10-15 year nominal lifespan. ChinaSat-1D was successfully inserted into Geostationary Transfer Orbit, where it will now utilize its own onboard propulsion to raise its perigee into a circular Geostationary Orbit, where it will remain for its foreseeable service life.
Multiple ChinaSat satellites have been built, launched, and are operational already, with the most recent launch being of ChinaSat-9B in September 2021, not of military purpose but instead providing high-resolution television and radio broadcasting. With ChinaSat-6D (similar to -9B) rumored to be launching soon, China is pushing for increased domestic connectivity, and the country has commissioned these more advanced communication satellites for the Chinese population to meet current and future demand. An upcoming hallmark of this progress will be the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, with ChinaSat set to allow for 8K resolution broadcasting.
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I heard Some Billionaire guy launched 53 a few weeks ago.
A drone was sent into his lair, this was the last transmission
China is an extremely dangerous foe, and while sick burns on social media make for fun times, we ignore their advances at our peril. FYI they have launched satellites that can teach out and disable enemy satellites. I must have missed musks launch of these types.
China is not to be ignored certainly,
the FYI part of your comment was all wrong. just fyi
Russia and China coordinating and cooperating militarily, firing off tactical communications satellites at the same time?
War may be near, and we might lose. Not conventionally, but because of our deficiencies in the arena of WMD. The Chinese and Russian militaries, on the whole, are trash and filled with trash people. But they’ve been stealing our technologies for years and using them to gain the advantage for a surprise first strike.
Brought to you by the Clintons and Loral.
Everything democRATs do is to destroy America from within while raising communist China up. They also love criminals and have been pushing to normalize criminality since releasing prisoners in 2020. I saw a video about Seth Rogan getting wrecked for tweets defending crime in California, and you can check it out at Whatfinger News in crawler link top of page. Seth is paid to play his own drug addict self in every single movie he does, plus that gives him time to post gems like that on twitter. China also prospers using ‘fossil fuels’ (they are building new coal fired plants) as our own leftists want our cars to run on wind or something.
China’s rise started under Nixon, but accelerated greatly in the 1990’s under Bill Clinton, yes.
Some old guard communist Democrats hold allegiance to Russia, but the new school communist Democrats are in bed with China. The little skirmishes we see play out over legislation are the two groups jostling for position.
Is his name ‘Franz Oberhauser’? LOL
Yes.
Using fossil fuels Biden sells to China.....
Oooh! Scary!
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